REVEREND MONSIGNOR SAMUEL E. SHOEMAKER

 1940 – 2016

Reverend Monsignor Samuel E. Shoemaker, Pastor, Saint Ignatius Parish, Yardley, died on Tuesday, January 26, 2016.

Monsignor Shoemaker was born on September 22, 1940, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of the late Samuel H. Shoemaker and the late Frances B. (Kolek) Shoemaker. Monsignor Shoemaker attended Saint Bartholomew Parochial School, Philadelphia, and Saint Joseph’s Preparatory High School, Philadelphia, before entering Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary.

Monsignor Shoemaker was ordained on May 21, 1966, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, by Most Reverend John J. Krol and named Honorary Prelate to His Holiness Pope John Paul II on April 28, 1982. Monsignor Shoemaker served as Parochial Vicar at Saint Gabriel Parish, Philadelphia; Saint John Bosco Parish, Hatboro; and Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Norristown. He also served as a student priest at the Catholic University of America. Monsignor Shoemaker served in the Chancery office from 1976 through 1989 as Assistant Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and Chancellor. Monsignor Shoemaker was appointed Pastor at Saint Ignatius Parish, Yardley, in February 1989.

The Reception of the Body will be held at Saint Ignatius Church, Yardley, on Sunday, January 31, 2016, at 4:00 PM, followed by a viewing. A parish Mass will be held at 6:00 PM. Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. will celebrate a Funeral Mass for Monsignor Shoemaker at Saint Ignatius Church, on Monday, February 1, 2016, at 11:00 AM. A viewing will be held beginning at 9:30 AM. Concelebrating the Funeral Mass will be Reverend Jonathan J. Dalin, Reverend Monsignor Francis J. Statkus, Reverend Charles Zlock, and Reverend Leo Stajkowski, Diocese of Allentown. Father Stajkowski will be the homilist.

Monsignor Shoemaker is survived by his cousins, Karen Shoemaker Turbyfill and Fred Vopper. Interment will be at Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem.